Phone Comparison - LG K8 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A50

LG K8 (2017)
lg k8 (2017)
Samsung Galaxy A50
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general General Info

Manufacturer LG Samsung
Announced December 2016 February 2019
Status Coming Soon - January 2017 Launch on 5 March 2019
Price - Rs. 19,990 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Silver, Titan, Dark Blue, Gold Black, White, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.09 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.32 in)
158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.24 x 2.94 x 0.3 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) -
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface - One UI
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 9610 Octa (10nm) [Similar]
GPU Adreno 308 [Similar] Mali-G72 MP3 [Similar]
RAM 1.5 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, In-cell Touch Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches [Similar] 6.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 2340 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.89% 84.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 25 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama 25 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 25 MP, f/2.0, HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2500 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -